CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson would have hit a solid concrete wall last October at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he instead hit a SAFER barrier added earlier this year when he crashed Sunday during the Coca-Cola 600. Johnson spun on Lap 273 coming
Jimmie Johnson would have hit a solid concrete wall last October at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he instead hit a SAFER barrier added earlier this year when he crashed Sunday during the Coca-Cola 600. There is an opening for emergency vehicles between the inside wall and the start of the pit road wall that separates crews and their equipment from the pit stall.